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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-19

In the matter of the report of the Board
of Public Works, dated March Il, 1887.
1t is hereby ordered by the Common Coun-
Gil OF the City of st. Paul;
That the Board of Public Works of said
City of st. Paul cause the following i'm
provement to be made. to-wit: Open.
widen and extend Barclay street. from
Seventh 9TH street to Burns avenue. in
said city, condemning and takug all that
land not already condemned or dedicated
for public use, lying within the lines of
strip sixty (60) feet wide. between Seventh
street and Burns avenue, the east line of
which strip being the west line of Books
division, St. Paul. produced north and
south between said Seventh (7th) street
and Burns avenue; that said Board shall
prJceed without delay to assess the amount
as nearly as they can ascertain the same,
which will be required to pay the damages.
costs and necessary expenses of such i'm
provement upon the real estate to be bene-
fitted by said improvement, as provided by
law, it being the opinion of the Council
that real estate to be assessed for such i'm
proyement can be found benefited to the
extent of the damages costs and expenses
necessary to be incurred thereby.
Yeas-Ald. Coney, Dowlan. O'Connor.
Petsch, Cullen, Ryan. Weber, Kenny,
Kahn, Long, Mr.. President-11.
Approved March II, 1887,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-19

All III tHV Clty vi Sl TdUI, OUUIIIy UI naul-
sey and State of Minnesota.
Wherefore, The Board of Public Works
of the City of st. Paul are hereby ordered
to reassess the hereinabove mentioned
lots. blocks and parcels of land, upon their
propOrtionate part of the cost and expense
OF such improvements, not exceeding the
benefit accruing to such lot. block or parcel
of land for such improvements, and proceed
therein in the mode and manner prescribed
by law 1t having been made to appear to the
Common Council, and it being the opinion
of this Council, that said lots, blocks and
parcels of land have been and are benefited
by such improvement.
Yeas-Aid. Conley, Dowlan. O'Connor
Petsch. Cullen, Ryan, Weber, Kenny, Kahn,
Long, Mr.. Presidential.
Approved March H. 1887.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-19

In the matter of the report of the Board of
Public Works. dated March IA, 1887.
1t lis hereby ordered by tile Common LCoun-
Gil of the City OF st. Paul:
That the Board of Public of Works of
said City of ST. Paul cause the following
improvement to be made, to-wit: Open,
widen and extend Birmingham street, from
Seventh (7th) street to Burns avenue, in
said city, condemning and taking all that
land not already condemned or dedicated,
lying within the lines OF Birmingham street,
in Birmingham's addition to ST. Paul, pro-
Guced north and south between said Sew
enth 9TH street and Burns avenue; that
said Board shall proceed without delay to
assess the amount as nearly as they can as
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-19

an the matter OF the report OF the Board of
Public Works. dated March IA, 1887.
1t is hereby ordered by the Common Coun-
Gil of the City of st. Paul:
That the Board of Public Works of said
City of st. Paul cause the following i'm
provements to be made, to-wiG: Open
widen and extend Francis street, from the
west line of English street to Book street
(produced SOUTH, in said city, condemning
and taking the north thirty (30) feet of the
south nalf ~ of the northwest quarter
"a of section 81, town 20, range %; that said
Board shall proceed without delay to as
sess the amount as nearly as they can as
certain the same, which will be required to
nav the damages costs and necessary eX-
penses of such improvement upon the real
estate to be benefited by said improvement.
as provided by law, it being the opinion of
tile Council that real estate to be assessed
for such improvement can be found bene-
flied to the extent of the damages, costs and
expenses necessary to be incurred thereby.
Yeas-Ald. Conley, Dowlan. O'Connor,
Petscf. Cullen. Ryan, Weber, Kenny,
Kahn, Long. Mr.. Presidential.
Approved March II, 1887.
In the matter of the report of the Board of
Public Works, dated March IA, 1887.
If is hereby ordered by the Common Coun-
ell of the City of ST. PAUL.
That the Board of Public Works of said
CITY of st. Paul cause the following i'm
movements to be made, towit: Open,
widen and extend Third (3d) street, from
the west line of English street to Book
street (produced SOUTH. in said city, con-
demning and taking all that land lying
within the lines of Third (Sd) street in
t;ofzian's Encouragement of Sigels addition
10 St. Paul, produced east to said Book
street; that said Board shall proceed
without delay to assess the amount as
nearly as they can ascertain the same,
which will be required to pay the damages,
costs and necessary expenses OF such
improvement upon the real estate to be
benefited by said improvement, as provided
by law, it being the opinion of the Council
that real estate TO be assessed TOR Sllch nm
provement can be found benefited to the eN-
tent of the damages, costs and expenses
necessary to be incurred thereby.
Yeas-Ald. Conley, Dowlan, O'Connor,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-19

ages, costs and expenses necessary to be
incurred thereby.
Yeas-Ald. Conley. Dowlan. O'Connor,
Petsch, Cullen, Ryan. Weber, Kenny,
Kahn, Long, Mr.. Presdent-l1.
Approved March IL, 1887.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-17
High EalEooning for Science.

Mons. w. de Fonvielle, an exper-
fenced French aeronaut, claims that
balloons can be made very serviceable
to astronomical science, and indeed, he
was the first to advocate their use for
observations. He believes that under
skillful management observers can be
safely carried above any obscuring
veil of clouds, but sufficient time must
be given to the necessary preparations
and the balloon must be capabl e
Of carrying a large amount of
ballast. 1t seems to be certain that
photographs taken so far above the
lower strata of the atmosphere would
have much better chance of success
than those taken on the surface of the
Garth The total eclipse of the DON,
which will take place i'll January next,
will afford an opportunity, of which
many will doubtless take advantage,
of testing the value of balloon obser-
walton.
An attempt has lately been made at
Paris by M. M. Jovis and Mallet to rise
to q greater hight in the atmosphere
by means Of balloon than has ever
yet been done. The aeronauts took
with them a number OF instruments for
the purpose of making observations,
and among these were a barometer
to measure nights of upwards of 3d.
900 feet, and thermometer which
would record temperatures 80 degrees
below zero. A new feature was re-
presented by the provision of bags of
oxygen, for purpose of inhalation by
the aeronauts after attaining high ele-
vations. 1t will be remembered that
in 1862 Messrs. Giaisher and Coxwell
assembled from Northampton for the
purpose of making scientific observa-
tons from a balloon, and that they
reached the extraordinary altitude Of
seven miles above the earth. On this
occasion both the occupants of the car
suffered very much, Mr.. Glaisher be-
coming quite insensible for time
A similar experience seems to have
been the lot of these French experiment.
ers, one of them having tainted twice
upon reaching the altitude of some 90
600 feet, the faintness being speedily
mitigated after the inhalation of the
oxygen provided. The ascent was
successful, but the hight reached was
far below that attained by Mr.. Glaisher
and his companion, as already record
ed Chambers Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-17
The Hippopotamus.

Beginning with the exterior, the skin
is of enormous thickness and tough
ness. From it are made the terrible
whips called 'ssjamboks" a stroke OF
which will cut groove in deal
board. A large sjambok affords the
only argument to which a native
draught OK will listen, and smaller
instrument, called Familiarity 'scow-
hide," is used in lieu of our riding
whips. As the hippopotamus spends
so much time in the water, the skin
is perforated with a number OF
pores, through which exudes a thick.
dark, oily secretion, which, like
the fur of the seal, otter, beaver, and
other aquatic animals, keeps the
creature dry, even when it is sub
merged. When, in July, 1919, Obaysh,
the first hippopotamus ever brought to
England, taken in the Nile as a young.
ster, its slippery skin enabled it to
wriggle out of the arms of its captor,
and it was only secured by driving q
boathook into its hide, the scar re-
naming through the rest of its long
life. When, in May of the following
year. it arrived in London, / went to
see it, and Inadvertently patted it,
not knowing of the oily secretion.
Consequently, pair of new kid gloves
which | was wearing were utterly
spoiled. A female was afterward
obtained, and in 1871 was born the
first hippopotamus ever produced in
Europe. As its mother did not know
how to manage it, the young calf was
taken away and fed artificially. TAX
inc it from its mother was most
perilous task, and, after q most excit-
ing series Of adventures, was achieved
by Scott, the man who was afterward
so well known as "Jumbo's" keeper.
The little creature weighed about one
hundred pounds, but kicked and
screamed like an adult, while its round,
smooth body was so oily that Scott
could scarcely hold it. Now we turn
to the head. The eyes, ears, and
nostrils are set nearly on the same
plane, so that the animal can sink it.
self entirely below the surface and be
able to perceive the approach of foes
by hearing, sight, and scent. When
it lies motionless and doing in the
water it is naturally little lighter than
a corresponding bulk of water, and
SO floats with only little of the back
and the ears, eyes, and nostrils above
the surface. But it often has to sink
to swim for some distance under
water. This necessity involves several
other peculiarities of structure.-G Good
Words
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-17
Vanished Childhood.

Like the purple mist of morning. when the
sun is blushing red;
Like the wild bird of the woodland, when the
summer flowers have fed;
Like the dewdrop fresh and pearly, that is
sparkling on the grass;
Like the wild rose of the meadow, when the
summer breezes pass;
Like the hoar-frost on the forest, like the rime
upon the hill,
Like the ice that the mountains locks the
murmuring rill.
So the children vanish, Inistlike, from the val
ley and the shore,
And the city and the country home shall know
their place more.
They were playing with their marbles: they
were dressing up their dolls;
They were cutting little fingers; they were
getting dreadful falls:
They were winning all their elders by their
dewy childish charms;
Finding solace for their every woe in moth
er's shielding arms.
Only yesterday their happy laugh was ring
ing on the air;
Only yesterday they stood before us, bloom
ing sweet and fair.
But like the evening shadows they have van
ished from our sight;
They will never walk with us again, nor make
our pathway bright.
From the tricklng rill the brooklet to the
sweeping river grows;
While we look, before we know it, comes the
bloom upon the rose;
Where the children vanished, wraith-like
stands another, sturdier race,
In the pride and strength of manhood, and the
bloom of maiden grace.
Ere we know it, to the young man comes
vision wondrous sweet,
And for it, he feels the strength to bring the
world beneath his feet;
Ere we know it, to the maiden comes dream
surprising fair,
And soft and mystic radiance shimmers for
her through the air.
Like the purple mist of morning, when the
sun is flushing red;
Like the wild bird of the woodland, when the
summer flowers have fed;
So the children vanish, Wraith-like, from the
valley and the shore,
And the patter OF their little feet will go with
us no more.
But the loving hearts are with us still, the
grace has only grown,
Like a chrysalis expanding, or a rosebud that
has blown;
And though we love the prattlers, yet we
would not wish them here,
If to win them we must lose again these
others, grown so dear.
Ellen w. Carey.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-17
Wood Stevvs in Northern Siberia.

We have all had our sympatbies
aroused by statements that the natives
of northern Siberia are often during
famines compelled to resort to wood
for food. Now, the fact is that care
less observers have simply been i'm
posed upon or they have jumped at
conclusions without caring or perhaps
being able to make inquiries, and be-
cause they thought that statement
Of these views would make a heart
rending page for their books, and by
inference show what {. distressing
time they themselves must have had
among such surroundings. Wood III
certain form is most common and
constant article of diet on the Lena
river, all along the north coast and IN
the immediate neighborhood Of Yak
utsk-in fact, wherever the Yakut re-
Sides North of Verchoyansk, except
in a few sheltered valleys, it may be
said there is no other wood than the
larch, and for miles south of the tree
limit absolutely no other. The natives
eat it because they like it. Even when
fish are plentiful it usually forms part
of the evening meal, as the many
clearly stripped larch logs near every
hut testify. They know by experience
that the fact of their eating wood
arouses the sympathies of strangers,
and shrewdly use it to excite pity and
to obtain gift of tea and tobacco.
They scrape off the thick layers i'm
mediately under the bark of log,
and chopping it fine mix it with snow.
1t is then boiled in kettle. Some
times little fish roe is mixed with it,
and farther south cows milk or butter.
I have often seen it eaten without any
thing additional, though as in the
present instance there was apparently
enough other food on hand.-Mission
to the Lena Delta.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-17
Tale ofthe Sign-Painter.

came near being shot by the man
who turns on the water at the Kaaters-
kill falls up in the Catskills. / paid
him quarter to let me go down the
long flight of stairs that lead to the
foot of the falls. | had pocketful of
paint, but he didn't notice it. [ had
just begun to put up an alliterative
sign in elegant leaps" when / saw the
old man coming down the steps three
or four at a time. They told me after
ward that he hadn't been down before
for thirty years. | had to apologize
and scrape the paint off the rocks be-
fore he would let me upstairs. He
promised to shoot if / showed up there
again, and that is whyI went to the
Adirondacks this summer
But there are pleasant features
about the business. Now and then /
meet man who appreciates my work
and tells me so. One man in Columbia
county had me paint all his outbuild-
ings with signs. He kept boarders,
and when the people from the city
came up and saw the same things they
were accustomed to see in taking a
ride on the elevated or in crossing the
Brooklyn bridge they felt at home at
once. He had a pretty gorge near the
house, and l painted sulphur spring
for him so neatly that he had to fence
it in to keep people from drinking it
dry.
Railroad-work is so much mile.
Now that many roads are putting up
the barbed wire, fences, that line of
work has beenAgreatly IesseAed. /
never saw manEct Who could do real
good work painting signs on wire
fences. But the rocks are always with
us. You may have noticed that the
upper end of Manhattan island is
pretty well painted over. Before next
summer we hope to have the scenery
up the Hudson around West Point
properly lettered. | know man who
has taken the contract to paint sign
for catarrh remedy on Anthonys
nose. Travellers by the Albany day
boats will yet see this done. -Netc
York Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-17
How Grant Gained a Victory.

It being the fashion nowadays to re-
late incidents of our great war, ven
ture to repeat one told by Colonel
H, an officer as remarkable for his
Imagination as for his great military
sagacity. He usually introduced his
story to any group of gentlemen whom
he sought to interest, by the query,
'sDid you ever know what was the
turning point at the battle of-?"
On receiving q negative reply, he
would explain, as follows: Right in
the middle of that battle General Grant
came riding up to me on the field,
looking more perplexed than l had
ever seen him appear to be before
oh, Charley said he to me, what
shall l do? The day is going against
me; all is lost. What shall 1 do?' ]
looked at him minute. Why, Lis,
said /, don't you know?' He declared
he didn't. | smiled. %, Charley,
said he, 'help me out of thisr Then
told him to move up his centre, deploy
with his right, and strike the enemy
hard on his left wing. Lis did it, and
the battle was won. Editors Drawer,
iaa Harpe1.s Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-17
of the century of Lucius Turet1dius of
the Third Cohort.

of the century of LuciuS Turetudius of
the Third Cohort.
The relic preserved as Shelleys
heart is now commonly believed to be
his liver, and the assertion is made
that Napoleon's heart at the Invalides
IS, IN fact, no part of the Little Cor
porals" anatomy. The doctors who
made the autopsy of his body were IN
terrupted, as the story goes, by night
fall, and on returning found that his
heart was destroyed by rats, where
upon Sleeps heart was substituted
Ibis story, however, is pronounced
entirely untrue.
For many years it was uncertain
whether the Dresden or Darmstadt
Madonna was Holbeins genuine
masterpiece. The Grand Duke of
Hesse has now allowed his picture to
be cleared of the thick coat of paint
and varnish. Herr Hauzer, the Mum
ich restorer, has been so successful
that there is no doubt as to its cenu-
ineness. 1t will be on exhibition
shortly at Dresden, side by side with
the picture which has so long been
held to be the original. The colors
are even more brilliant than those of
the Dresden MADONNA
Two young women from the East
have secured 100 acres each of govern
ment land on Butte Creek, California.
at 81 an acre, and have gone to work
to build tenement and live upon the
land. as the law requires. They have
planted fruit trees, which are growing
finely, and small fruits, from which
they will early realize handsome profits
through ready sales. One of the
ladies is a fine painter of flowers, and
her pictures and descriptions will be
sold to a publisher ofChristmss books.
They camped all summer and find
themselves in splendid health.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-17
Pavements in Paris.

Paris is adopting wood paving. The
original stone paVements were done
away with because they were too handy
for the people who wanted something
to throw in case of revolution Victor
Hugo called them ''the last resource of
the people. Macadam was next used,
and then asphalt, which being too hard
on the horses, is now giving place to
wood. 1t is pointed out, however,
that, for insurgents, the petroleum
soaked wood will be as handy as the
stones were. A box of matches would
make torn-up paving about as efficient
an instrument of war as Greek fire.
New York Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-17
erous faults and faiIinos of Mrs.

numerous faults and faiTings Of Mrs.
Biggard.
But honest Luke Larrabee was by
no means so reticent. He related the
little incident of the moonlight raid on
the ounce orchard far and wide.
ssAnd them Biggards is always a
quotin' Scripter texts" said he. ''And
the old lady sings hymns the loudest Of
anyone in church, and Zeruiah is set
tin her cap at the young minister. I'd
jest like to see her face when she hears
Mr.. Mildmay and Mary Hay is to be
married in the spring.
But if you want to shut up the old
lady's mouth any time, all you've got
to do is to ask her for her receipt for
putin up ounces"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-17

The government of Colombia is au-
thorized to grant a reward of $4,000
in silver to everyone who discovers
a new merchantable article of export.
Under this law Senior Rafael Vanegas
has filed two claims one for the dis
covery and employment of a valuable
medicinal plant; the second for the
discovery that wild cocoa trees exist
in profusion in the virgin forest which
stretch from the waters Of the Arlarl
down to the river Guayabero. Ii IN
veseigation should prove the correct
ness of this statement it Will throw
millions of dollars annually into COL
ombia and place a valuable article
within the reach of many who are now
deprived of the use of it owing 70 the
price.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-17
Burlington husband-Are Won awar,

Burlington husband-Are you aware,
my dear, that you make away with
about $50 year in horse-car fares
riding to your sewing-society and
other meetings? Wife-Yes, sir, /
am; but do it for economy's sake.
don't believe you could afford to have
me walk. Husband-Why so, pray?
Wife Perhaps you are not aware that
between our house and the post-office
there are four milliners' shops.-Bgr-
hngton Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-17

Omaha father My son, when I was
young and my lother asked for enough
wood to build fire would go out and
chop enough to last for a week instead
of strolling about and gathering up
Few sticks as you do" Son-.'Yes,
I've heard grandma talk about it. ]"
.sYou havep' s.Yes, she said when
you were sent for wood you were al
ways gone SO long she had to go out
and get it herself "-Onaahd World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-17

The flexibility of the English Ian
guage is shown in the reply of an Irish
his shanty in heavy shower, and
finding it about as wet inside as out,
said, you have quite pond on the
floor" ''Yis; shure we have great
lake in the roof "-Edtior's Draa0er, TN
Jumpers Magazine
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-17
Miss Clara Holbeck, of bet.

MISS CIara HOIDtCK, OF DeL
spent 500 in going to Sioux City
marry man who had advertised for
wife. She found that he had sent her
another mans photograph and was
SO homely that she wouldn't have him.
Any man who will not go after his
bride is not NO. aylnG, anyhow.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-13
FORT ATKINSON.

On Saturday last during the severe
thunder storm, lightning struck the new
residence Of Peter Klein, on Madison
street. The bolt demolished one chimney
above the roof, tearing off the roof board
and strip of shingles, about two feet
wide, and passed down through the chin
ney, bursting open the kitchen stove and
scattering about the ashes, at the same
time dltfuslng strong sulphurous odor
Mr.. Klein was i'll at the time and lay on
his bed few feet away, but did not feel
any shock. The building was insured.
Rev. J. L. Hewitt, was offered by his
congregation one months vacation, or in
lieu, thereof, relief from Sunday evening
service for two months He chose the
latter ana though he stays in town he is
enjoying bis vacation, nevertheless.
Rev. r. G. Spafford has resigned his
position as pastor of the Universalist
church, the resignation, we hear, to take
effect September 1st.
DIED.-At the home of his son-in-law,
Carlos Curtis, in this city, Thursday, June
30, 1887, OF dropsy of the heart, Ebenezer
F'rissell, aged nearly 76 years.
At Hebron at the home of Eugene
Gordon, July /, 1887, Mrs. Melissa E.
Hubbard, OF heart disease, aged 70 years.
Saturday night two burglars went into
DR.. Whites grounds and taking off their
shoes walked across the block and across